Belly Dancing Through Elisa's Pain-free Four-Hour Labor

Sound impossible? It's not! Find out how first-time mom Elisa belly danced through her four-hour labor without drugs or pain.

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[FarStarProductions]

Good for you! No matter how much we know, there's always something new to learn. I hope that your labor goes well for you and I wish you blissful parenthood x4.

[HighlighterLass]

I was such a wimp, after around 5 hours of hard labor I begged for an epidural.

[FarStarProductions]

@HighlighterLass, No moms are wimps! I think that without labor training and a plan of action, it would be difficult to labor without help. When I was pregnant, I was very concerned about having a plan that worked for me, so when I came across belly dance as a labor technique, I was intrigued. It "felt" right to me and I could instantly envision myself doing it. If you want to avoid the drugs, you really need to have a plan that you practice and visualize before labor begins.

[joshgold613316]

Belly dancing is an age-old way to get through labor. Just a note......it is a myth that one has to be on the bed to be monitored. The monitor can pick up a heartbeat with a woman moving. If you neet to hold the piece so it doesn't slip, fine, but it can be done. I, as a doula, do it all the time with my clients.

Keep on moving!

Sarah Goldstein CD(DONA) doula trainer

[FarStarProductions]

@joshgold613316 Oh, I wish it would have worked for me! We did try it, but the nurse couldn't find the heartbeat unless I was lying down! I don't know if it was poor equipment, lack of skill by the nurse or baby position, but she could find it for a brief time, then lose it, find it, lose it. Finally she said I needed to lie down.

[AnneCH139]

I'd stopped the link too soon so missed the address for purchase.  Just watched your video again and let it run to end. Thanks.

[FarStarProductions]

@AnneCH139 I'm glad you found the answer, but if anyone else is wondering, the site is perfectpregnancyworkout dot  com Thanks for your interest!

[txemodelince]

why it is so hard to believe that ancient techniques, wisdom are more relieble to avoid pain than "modern" chemicals? of course medicine is important but if there is a way to not use drugs and proceede in a more natural way, great!

[DarkSkyNBF]

Mappleton, please.. everyone's different and so is everyone's birthgiving. It sucks yours was so long, I don't know why some women have the luck it doesn't last long and they can handle the pain easier, but that doesn't mean she's lying..

[BansheeVanRaven]

i wish i could give my husband a child.. you're blessed.

[rtirakayos]

@Mirani2 you said that if labor is painful it means that something is wrong, so I answered really?? Labor to most women no matter where they live ,what culture they are from, is a painful undertaking , it isnt called vacation, or leisure ,it is called labor for a reason! some women like I said are lucky to be blessed with easier labors than others.

[Mirani2]

@FarStarProductions No, you don't bow to your husband or mother or anyone else's wishes. You bow to nature and what your body wants. Don't be a failure to your baby or yourself. If your baby wants to be born naturally you need to promise it that.

Most men today are idiots who think birth is this scary dangerous thing that THEY need to supervise. Huh!

[Mirani2]

@mappleton73 you need to visit the site of Laura Shanley (google her)

[Mirani2]

@DarkSkyNBF Contractinos don't ahve to hurt and in many cultures painless birth is automatic and accetped.

[Mirani2]

@DarkSkyNBF oh, wait, sorry, I already commented on this monstrosity of a comment before.

[Mirani2]

@DarkSkyNBF we're not talking about you, asshole, we're talking about other people, about the POSSIBILITIES and what's NATURAL, not what actually happened. You and I have both grown up in a society which teaches us to ignore our sexual parts and our sexuality and thinks painful periods and such are normal.

For God's sake, why do you think it's so difficult that someone could have a different experience than you??? Are you seven years old?

[Mirani2]

@DarkSkyNBF I agree. Actually, NO birth should really be painful. Pain is your body's way of telling you something's wrong. Hence, no natural or necessary process needs to be painful.

[Mirani2]

@rtirakayos "really...?" in response to which comment, I have 6 trilion of them on here

[Mirani2]

@PLRam777 Good for you! real women aren't challenged by birth anymore than real men aren't challenged by erections! I always wondered why people are so willing to accept that pain is something ok and natural for women, but if a necessary male function were pain-bringing, we would all be up in arms trying to stop it!